Today's News

THUMBS DOWN! ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING
The school shooting in Roswell on Tuesday is another sad reminder that tragedy can strike anywhere and at any time. Police say that a 12-year-old boy opened fire at a Roswell middle school. A boy was shot in the face while a girl was shot in the arm. Our prayers go out to those in Roswell personally affected.

The atmosphere at Highlands University had grown somber and tense in the week following the appointment of Charles Graham as university president on May 19 1970. Students continued their protests, staging several campus rallies and marching through university buildings, including Burris Hall and the Rodgers administration building.

Green Bay Press-Gazette on protect yourself against data breaches (Jan. 14):
The phrase “buyer beware” takes a whole new meaning given the recent data breaches at large retailers
The phrase is applicable to those who use credit card for their purchases as hackers apparently are moving from attacking the financial services industry to retailers.
“There will be a wave of attacks on the retail industry throughout the year. The Target hack exposed how vulnerable the industry is,” David Kennedy, founder of TrustedSec, told USA TODAY.

WASHINGTON — Drained of much of its vitriol over the budget, Congress is poised to adopt a $1.1 trillion package financing federal agencies this year, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the specter of an election-year government shutdown.

The Democratic-controlled Senate planned to give final congressional approval to the immense spending measure, possibly as early as Thursday.

Mora County Commissioner, Paula Garcia traveled to Washington, D.C., to represent New Mexico at the meeting of the National Association of Counties recently. The annual conference brings together the presidents and executive directors of each state association of counties. Garcia attended as the President-Elect of the New Mexico Association of Counties.

During the past three years, Garcia has served on the board of directors of NMAC. She has been involved with developing policy recommendations for the New Mexico State Legislature and the United States Congress.

Because I am primarily a news junkie when it comes to watching television, I am out of the loop when popular, fictional series come along. However I happened upon a PBS special very recently that really rang a bell with me.